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Just goes to show that the startup idea isn't worth a thing, but that it's all in the execution.
Sure it's easy to come up with ideas, but it's much harder to come up with ideas that are good. If this list was vetted, I have a feeling it would be significantly shorter. For example, #2: "Incubator site providing office space, hosting, etc. for startups that are seed funded." Unless you franchise it, this isn't scalable at all. It's an idea, perhaps even a business idea, but it's not a startup idea. Or, #9: "Herba…
So the reason for this is that it was a very diverse group, and some of the most talented people in the program just had really terrible ideas. Whenever I'm online I'm always looking for new and interesting ideas, whereas there was another guy in the program who spent all his time online looking movers and shakers in the city who he hadn't yet met. And while his ideas were pretty bad, he was clearly the most successful of any of us, and contributed an enormous amount to the program in other ways.
Rather than keeping this idea to himself, I think he should tell everyone about it. Let his ideas spread. Let people adjust to his new take on project management. If 1,000 tech- or business-savvy people are aware of his concept and speak to other people like that on a regular basis then he already has a test-bed of people to launch his product into. At the moment I believe only a handful of people are aware of the product and whilst he's toiling away on the code, no one is being primed to buy.
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> Sure it's easy to come up with ideas, but it's much harder to come up with ideas that are good And you can't prove/know they are good until they are executed. Harder in this sense would just refer to the work required to iterate until it becomes good. So all ideas you just "come up" with will all effectively be of uncertain value.
While I generally agree with you, I don't think all ideas are created equal. Some ideas are obviously bad (going into an established industry with razor thin margins without a clear plan for innovation; fundamentally unscalable businesses; etc.) Some ideas are obviously good (planes that fly twice as fast at half the cost without compromising safety). Some ideas are really good but look really bad, others are really…
I disagree with you about how not all ideas are iterable. One idea can iterate into another. Both a plant that makes toothbrushes and a flying horse are different from the original idea. Iteration simply means taking what doesn't work and replacing it. If the whole idea doesn't work, then you simply iterate into a new one. There really is no guideline as to what constitute the same idea after you iterate. After all, most ideas completely change after iteration right? Iteration is a process not tied to any idea, because it involves changing the idea. It is tied to the person.
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